Malta — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Malta, 1970–2025.
GDP per capita for Malta was 47,907 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 56 years, from 1970 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 828 in 1970 (about 57.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.66% per year.
Malta ranks 35 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 17%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5,348, so Malta sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 88%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 4 of 23 economies; Saudi Arabia (34,537) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 26% in 1986. That is 36% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1970 level: doubled by 1976; grown tenfold by 1995. Doubling roughly every 9.4 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 52nd of 146 in 1970 → 49th of 163 in 1980 → 52nd of 192 in 1990 → 53rd of 204 in 2000 → 56th of 212 in 2010 → 41st of 210 in 2020 → 25th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47,906.9 | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 44,023.63 | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 40,932.52 | +14.8% |
| 2022 | 35,658.83 | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 38,078.01 | +19.7% |
| 2020 | 31,823.42 | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 32,421.91 | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 33,382.28 | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 30,317.26 | +14.6% |
| 2016 | 26,459.06 | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 25,529.67 | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 27,424.57 | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 25,415.55 | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 22,878.31 | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 23,516.97 | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 21,946.61 | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 21,261.54 | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 22,405.64 | +15.2% |
| 2007 | 19,444.17 | +16.8% |
| 2006 | 16,653.6 | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 15,831.34 | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 15,212.13 | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 13,593.98 | +20.8% |
| 2002 | 11,251.2 | +8.6% |
| 2001 | 10,357.7 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 10,348.49 | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 10,609.11 | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 10,408.12 | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 9,893.19 | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 10,061.85 | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 9,828.32 | +22.8% |
| 1994 | 8,000.35 | +9.6% |
| 1993 | 7,296.35 | -11.2% |
| 1992 | 8,220.33 | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 7,558.76 | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 7,192.39 | +19.1% |
| 1989 | 6,040.84 | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 5,814.45 | +14.4% |
| 1987 | 5,083.8 | +21.2% |
| 1986 | 4,194.53 | +26.3% |
| 1985 | 3,322.31 | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 3,332.82 | -5.5% |
| 1983 | 3,526.91 | -6.9% |
| 1982 | 3,787.92 | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 3,898.37 | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 3,948.27 | +23.6% |
| 1979 | 3,195.51 | +24.9% |
| 1978 | 2,558.73 | +25.6% |
| 1977 | 2,037.86 | +18.0% |
| 1976 | 1,726.56 | +10.7% |
| 1975 | 1,560.11 | +25.3% |
| 1974 | 1,245.32 | +8.9% |
| 1973 | 1,143.67 | +17.2% |
| 1972 | 975.72 | +11.6% |
| 1971 | 874.06 | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 828.44 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Malta’s GDP per capita in 1971?
874.06 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Malta’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Malta’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +5682.8% in total — about 7.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 47,906.9; 2024: 44,023.63; 2023: 40,932.52; 2022: 35,658.83; 2021: 38,078.01. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.